Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Leader to Leader Influence

Leadership is about relationships and influence, and leader to leader influence is the most powerful leadership strategy I know of.

Question: Is your economic development organization using its leaders to influence other leaders in key industries and clusters where your area hopes to compete? Hopefully so.

Is biotechnology/bioscience a target industry or cluster for your area? If so, your organization should be positioning itself with the leaders of this industry to build your reputation as an attractive place for bio-related development to occur.

And yes, the same leader to leader influence strategy can be used with any industry or technology area.

Here is a list of the people serving on the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO). How can you use your area leaders to make in-roads with these bio leaders? (And yes, there are others beyong the BIO Board.) Perhaps some of your local leaders serve on BIO's board of directors. Work on a leader to leader influence strategy to capitalize on opportunities in this important and exciting sector. One word to bear in mind as you craft your strategy: Diplomacy!

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Don is a health care management consultant, Reiki master, student of Zen and Thomas Merton's teachings, teacher, life coach, author, poet, and photographer. He is a Certified Reiki Master, holds an M.A. Degree in Consciousness Studies, with extensive studies in Buddhism and meditation, and he has completed graduate studies in Organizational Behavior and Economic Development. He holds an undergraduate degree in Anthropology. He and his wife Mary practice Reiki in the Greater Cleveland area.